How to check a bar stool if the hydraulic doesn't work 

The instructions with the chair made no mention of the cap. Your video is still helpful 7 years later! Thank you!

You my friend are a life saver, I almost returned the stool thinking is was a lemon, I even rang up the shop and told them it was useless ...again thank you.

You have no idea how helpful this was to me! I bought what appeared to be brand new stools (already assembled) and thought the lift was bad. I’m glad I saw this before buying replacement lifts, because whoever put them together left the black cap on and it was lodged in there good! Once I was able to pound them out, they worked like a charm! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

You are brilliant. I bought one of these used on OfferUp for $15.00. I didn't know it wouldn't work, I'm guessing the owner did. He was in a real hurry to load it in my car... Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I now have a fully functional Hydraulic bar stool with a real leather seat for $15...... SCORED.... I am going to send him the link to this video. Righteous retribution.

Thank you so much for your video!!!! You literally saved me from having to buy another set of bar stools. The ones that they shipped came without instructions and I didn't know you had to remove the cap. Just like you said, removing the cap made it work. I really appreciate that you took the time to post this video. So helpful.

Amazing!! I was so frustrated while trying to fix this problem. I thought I would have to throw out the chairs since I bought them used and could not return them. You saved the day!!! Thank you so much!!

Back in the day, as they say: "It was Sunday morning and I couldn't get the thing to work. I tried everything,. I was stuck. Then Joe came along and showed me this trick. Bam! It works. Advice this that is priceless. Many thanks

I couldn't get the stool to stay down for months and kept thinking what a waste of money and you solved the problem in 2 minutes, you made my day, thanks a lot man!

Dude! You made my day! Thank you so much for posting this. I just purchased and assembled my bar stool with this still attached. I am very thankful for your RU-vid video! THANK YOU!

Just snapped up a ‘broken’ stool for a bargain price... I love you tube vids. Thanks dude 😁

Wow Thank you soo much! I had no idea why my chair wasn't working but your video showed me Exactly what the problem was!! Be Blessed 🙏🏽♥️

Thank you so much!! I would never have figured that out! I thought my black caps didn't come off at all, initially, until I saw your tutorial. They took some effort to remove too. I actually didn't have the black plug stopper thing in the base of my type stools, so that was one less thing to do. Saved me taking off all the screws from the other stools too :) Great video too!

Amazing! I was just about to go through the hassle of shipping back a set of stools I had bought, thinking they didn’t work. Thank you sooooo much!!!

This video was EVERYTHING! After I was about done pulling my hair out, this trick saved my bar stools from the trash. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for this quick and easy video! Saved me from returning this vanity stool I bought for $70. Once I took it home I realized the hydraulic wasn't working and instead of having to return it (which I didn't want to do bcs it took me forever to find a chair that I liked) I was able to fix it! Yay! Thank you again, you're amazing 👍

Thank you so much, you are a savior. I was so frustrated to bump up and down on the new swivel bar stool I got, was about to return it when I stumbled upon your video.

Thank you so much sir! I spent two hours couldn't figure this out. You make my day!

Thank you so much -- we purchased this as a gift and had nothing but trouble with the instruction(?) sheet. Now we have it together and working beautifully. I may just have to order one for myself.

Great, great video. I have been looking for exactly this problem resolution and you are the only one that addresses this problem. All the other videos deal with the opposite. Thank you.

I just had the same problem with Moustache brand bar stool. I thought of checking youtube and found your video exactly what was the problem why chair won't go up. So I unscrewed and saw that plastic got very much stuck and I had to poke hole few times on it with screwdriver and then hammer to get down. worked fine . I did review with your link and ask the manufacturers to fix this issue. Thanks for this useful video.

thank you i was having real troubles assembling this , your video saved me returning the stool to the store :)

Ahhh!! Thank you for this. The cap was already in the tube when I bought this from Amazon - must have been a return. CHEERS!!

I bought a set of cheap bar stools from Amazon and thought I'd assemble them when I got home from work. A poorly printed set of diagrams was all to go on, but it looked simple enough. I totally overlooked the fact that I had to remove the black cap from the post. Clearer instructions and it would have been obvious, but the photocopy was so faint I couldn't really make it out. Anyway, thanks to your very simple explanation I have been saved a lot of frustration! Thankyou very much for making the video. :))

OMG!!! Thanks SO much!!! You my friend are a life saver!! Almost returned mine and I love it SO much!! So glad I ran into this video! Keep making videos! 🙃

Thank you for posting this! We have bar stools at work that have never worked properly. So a quick google search and then a RU-vid search brought me to this and voila! I was able to be the office hero!

I brought one of this bar stool same problem almost returned it. But came across your video and it helped. Thank you

This has been the most helpful video, thank you so much.

Thanks so much, I just purchased new barstools and couldn't work out why they wouldn't work. Your video had the issue fixed in minutes

you have saved another person’s day with this video. God bless.

you have helped us soo much, we were struggling with our new bar stool. thank you

We'll add to all of these thank yous - you saved us a lot of headaches and taught us something. We feel like we just changed our own oil (which we will never do :) You rock!

Thank you. We were about to return ours then saw your video. it didnt say anywhere on the assembly instructions to remove the black plastic cap. Thanks for your help.

I struggled and struggled and thank you for your video. I didn't know there were 2 caps. The one that goes over the orange thing in the hydraulic mine didn't have. I was wondering do I remove the cap where the up and down lever was, I took a chance gnawing thru it with knife and hammer. You took it out with ease. I should have watched your video first before assembling. Following what you did, my bar stool works now :) So happy. I almost was going to return it.

So easy to fix. These chairs came with the new house. Thanks so much for saving me from paying for repair, or even buying new chairs.

OMG that was magic!! finally figured out what was wrong with these stools! thanks!

I left those black things inside and I was loosing my mind trying to fix it, the you appear! I’m so glad!!

Thanks sooo much for your tutorial video. Got stuck in assembling my bar chairs coz they won't go up and down and thru this am a lot happier now with my purchase. ❤️👍

Thanks. Instructions were in the form of a pictogram, with no reference to the cap. I found the cap jammed in there. It has a label that says "Please pull out sheath before suing (sic)." Anyway, works perfectly now.

Same! I was just about to complain with the shop on how useless those stools were when I saw your video. I really wonder what the need for those black caps is or if there is a need they should highlight on the instructions the importance to remove them! Thank you so much!

Thank you it’s easy to assemble the chair with your video. Instruction on paper were not explicit enough. One happy bar stool owner.

Thank you so much my beautiful master. You taught me so much today. Blessings to you !!!!

Checking in from Jamaica, thanks for the video.. God bless you.

Thank you. My bar table wouldn’t work. There was no cap but seeing how you pulled the bar stool apart, I was able to fix it just be putting it back together again.

Thank you so much for sharing! I have 4 of those and was about to junk them!! You're awesome!!

OMG YOU HAVE SAVED MY €40. THANK YOU SO MUCH STAY BLESSED

Great vid 👏 clean, clear, right to the point

Thank you!!! Was about to return my bar stools and it was a simple fix thanks to your video.

Thanks for the help! Worked a treat!

THANK YOU FOR THAT. Didn't See it in the instructions. I know how to fix it now.

thank you very much. I ordered two stools. They arrived already assembled . I could not figure what was wrong. They were assembled without taking of the cap. Thank you for showing me what to do!!

We got the hook up on some bar stools bc they were working. We didn't mind the height but I figured there had to be a way to fix them. Thank you for your video bc now they are like new!

thank you for this video! I almost returned my bar stools.

thank you, i was about to return them thinking they came defective. great help. you save my day

THANK YOU so much. we were going to return then when I dug up your video ,,,, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!

DUDE.. SAVED MY 100$. My faith in humanity restored

oh thank you so much, you are a life saver, yesterday i bought three had assembled one, but exact same thing was happening, hydraulic system wasn't working, i was gonna go back to the store and ask them why, the manual is very limited no much information on it, now i am good to go. thank you so much.

WOW THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️ I was about to throw my stools away and buy more because I thought they were defective.

Thank you so much! We were about to get onto Amazon to return and then saw your video. THANKS

Thank u so so much, u saved our day. We were having a hard time assembling the barstool bc of the black cap.

Seriously thank you!! Gone through so many videos, almost give up and buy new chair, only you finally solve the mysterie! Hahaha

Super Thanks!!!! I bought two bar stools preassembled got home I and one of them didn't work. I thought for sure I just got ripped off. I did some research and found your video. Sure enough there was the plastic cap with a sticker stating "Remove Before Assembly" LOL

Thank you man! It helped me, my manual didn't mention it.

Thank you good sir didn’t have exactly the same problem but this process helped me fix it (miss aligned plunger not touching the top of the “shock”)

You are a life saver. You sav d my bacon. They should tell you on the booklet what to do if you forget to take off the safety tip. How many send back saying it's faulty

Thank you! I had a pair of bar stools that stopped working and this was the fix!

Unfortunatelly i needed this video. Thanks!

Perfect solution to my hydraulic bar stool problem. Thanks!

This video saved my life. My wife assembled the stool (no offence but woman should do it) . We used for half year until I asked why it doesn’t work.

thank you so much!! The assembly instructions said nothing about this so I had to bolt the seats together a second time.

thank you answered a mystery plaguing me for years.

Thank you!! So simple but so necessary. Lol. This video saved the day.

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏 you’re a legend!

Yup. My exact problem. Thanks!! 🤗

Was just about to take mine back! Thanks so much!

Thank you so much! Exactly what I needed.

thanks, no instructions in the box, your video sorted the problem, had to remove the black cap, thanks again

Thankyou because I was told how to put it together by another RU-vid video,and my didn't work then I watched yours ,then hammer my out and it works .my instructions didn't tell me anything like this .after 2 hours of my waisted time ,I'm so glad I found your video.it now works,i.wanted to beat it up to like the person underneath, thought eBay had coned me lol

Thank you for this, exactly my issue on a new bar stool.

Life saved in less than 2 mins thank you!!

Thank you so much. This was super helpful!

Thank you! Well done. Appreciate the forewarning!!!

This video helped out a ton

Lifesaver. Cheers. I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong

Thank you!!!!! Was about to return it to the store.

Thank you very much, exactly what we needed!

Fantastic worked a treat and so simple,

Super helpful video, thanks!

THANKYOU! You helped me fix my problem.

Thanks, you saved my day!

Awesome help, thanks a million!

Any idea where I can get rubber floor protector replacements for bar stools?

thanks soooo much your video solved my problem and I didn't need task for help!!!!! Just great !!!

So helpful, thank you. ❤

Oh my gosh thank you! that did the trick! the instructions never told us to remove the cap!

Thank you so much!!! it is very helpful.

Thanks a lot. You save my day.

This video helped put a ton

THANK YOU!!! I was just putting mine together when I saw this !!

Thank you. I thought I received a faulty chair, but it was a simple as a little black cap. Thanks again!

Thank youuuuu You saved my evening. I was calling to conplain about the product 😢